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Resources for The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Toolkit for USDA External Research Funding
Broadly Competitive Programs
Grant programs within this category include the National Research Initiative, Integrated Research, Education and Extension Competitive Grants, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, and Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative. The National Research Initiative is the “flagship” competitive grants program and supports basic and applied science related to the USDA mission of agriculture, food, and the environment. Awards through this program are based on a scientific peer-review process. A comprehensive list of currently funded National Research Initiative projects is available on the CSREES web site.
Example Funding Programs:
- Air Quality
- Animal Biosecurity
- Carbon Cycle Science
- Food Quality and Value
- Functional Genomics
- Land Cover and Land Use Change
- Managed Ecosystems
- Microbial Genome Sequencing
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering
- Plant Biochemistry
- Plant Genetic Mechanisms
- Soil Processes
- Water and Watersheds